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I tell my swimmers every set. They shoot the hands forward so that when they kick they are already going into the streamline. I tell them the more time in streamline the faster they will be and the easier the swim will be.
This can mean up to 16 less yards to swim for the 200 Breast or Fly!
Flat back
Core Tension! Push your back towards the surface Rotate hips, dont lift or drop
Underwater Streamline
Importance of Drills
Drills alone can decrease the 50 time by one second and the 200 time by four to six seconds in one season. Some coaches feel it is easier to increase strength, I feel masters are not going to make large changes in strength. Drills can increase hand and foot speed P = F x D/T (Power equals Force x Distance divided by time.)
Scull as fast as possible with all out hand speed -without slipping water.
One-Second Drill
Have swimmers hold a streamlined position
Dominico Fioravanti won both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke in the 2000 Olympics
Dominico Fioravanti
Dominico Fioravanti
Kosuke Kitajima
KICKING DRILLS
Are your swimmers finishing the kick? The last six inches are 50% of the power. After the soles of the feet slam together, the toes are pointing down. It is not necessary to point the feet backwards, although many swimmers do.
KICKING DRILLS
Forward egg beater is a modification of a water polo drill. This drill improves foot speed (power) and leg endurance. Simply it is all out pumping of the legs. By decreasing this time component the time spent in streamline after the kick can be increased.
Forward Eggbeater
This drill will eventually do two things. Sprint faster. Endurance is enhanced.
Pulldowns
There should be NO disturbance of water at the surface. The Modern streamline must be obtained immediately off the start and each turn. Alternate timings can be as short as one second before the pulldown. Try not breathing on breakout strokes in 50 and 100 races.
Non-Traditional Breathing
I teach swimmers to swim breaststroke without breathing every stroke. There is no reason to breathe in the 50 events. Breathe every other stroke in the 200.
Non-Traditional Breathing
Dont breath the first stroke up after the underwater stroke. Dont breath the last 3-5 meters. Steve Lundquist can be seen not breathing the last three strokes in 1984
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